Some past creations...

Since I don't have anything new to show that I've sewn lately, I thought I would show some things I made in the past couple years for Chloe.

First Birthday outfit

Second Halloween outfit

Second Christmas outfit

Third Halloween outfit

Thank you DH...

I was trying to avoid getting sick but it got me. Chloe was running a fever the other night, thankfully she was fine the next morning. I have no fever but have the wonderful symptoms of a cold. I hope Mason doesn't get sick.

Ugh, the neighbors kids are using the side of this house as a wall again. They get so rough and loud back there. It drives me crazy when they start slamming into the wall or bouncing their ball off our roof. I can't wait to get out of this house and neighborhood. Starting about three weeks ago, gunshots go off every night. It's loud and sounds like it is coming from right outside my window. It scares all of us and I go running around making sure all the doors are locked.

We went to the NEX today. It was packed-lots of people out Christmas shopping. I bought myself a pair of workout pants. DH and I came up with a contest to help us lose weight. We will start in January and have it end in July. Whoever loses the most (weight/percentage) gets $500 to use on whatever they want. The runner up (don't want to say loser) gets $100. I told DH that I have the advantage of burning 500 extra calories just sitting on my butt breast-feeding Mason. LOL. 

I ordered The Sneaky Chef book on Amazon. Chloe is a very picky eater and I was hoping this would help me get some extra vitamins into her diet. I received it today and it's missing a huge chunk of the book. I have to return it. Booo. While looking for a new book to try out I remembered that I bought the Everything Cooking for Baby and Toddler book when I was making Chloe pureed baby food. I haven't looked at it in over a year, I bet it has some good recipes.

We received "The House Bunny" from Netflix today. I'm off to watch that!

Testing...

DH got back from Japan on Monday morning. He doesn't have to go back to work until Thursday and unfortunately can't really enjoy it since he's sick. Someone on the plane had a nasty cold bug and must have passed it to everyone on board.

I don't think my dog will be able to last until Christmas. Every day she pushes out one of her presents from under the tree and attempts to open it. LOL. I never showed her the present, so I'm kind of surprised how she knows it's for her.

Christmas is next week and I still haven't started sewing Chloe's dress. I drafted the pattern and cut out all the pieces a month ago. They are still sitting in the drawer where I left them. I really miss sewing as much as I used to, it's just hard finding the time to do it. Part of my new year resolution is to put more time into it-which will be when the kids are asleep. I co-sleep, so I've been working on getting Chloe in her own bed. I'm waiting on a breathable bumper to come in from eBay and then I will start working on getting Mason to sleep in his crib. Here's to hoping that will go well.